Roadmap for FGM/C Abandonment: A Comprehensioadmap for FGM/C Abandonment: A Comprehensive Analysis of Problems and Context for Program Implementation at Womankind Worldwide

Scope of Work

The scope of work shall entail the following:

• Stakeholders’ engagement
  • Conduct workshop with key stakeholders including community leaders, religious figures, healthcare providers, local NGOs, government agencies and women's groups to analyze their attitudes, perspectives on FGM/C and potential roles in abandonment efforts as well as presentation of the problem and context analysis progress report.
• Problem and Context Analysis
  • Conduct a thorough problem and context analysis
  • Assess the root causes, prevalence, trends and consequences of FGM/C
  • Understand the socio-cultural, religious, economic and contextual factors that contribute to the continuation of FGM/C
  • Identify and describe any evidence and extent of medicalization of FGM/C within Garissa County population.
  • Identify key stakeholders, influencers, gatekeepers and community leaders who can support and promote abandonment efforts
  • Assess the existing data, research, legal and policy frameworks related to FGM/C in the target area and community
  • Conduct fieldwork, including interviews and focus group discussions, to gather primary data
  • Analyze the collected data to identify key problem areas and challenges
• Programme implementation
  • Recommend comprehensive evidence-based FGM/C programme implementation strategies and activities tailored to the unique contexts of the target communities looking into its feasibility and practicality
  • Review past and current interventions and programs aimed at FGM/C abandonment by assessing their effectiveness and relevance within the target population context as well as their impact on local communities. Provide case studies
• Contextualized tactics and messages
  • Provide insights for the creation of tailored context-specific tactics and messages to encourage FGM/C abandonment within target region and communities that are sensitive to the religious norms to encourage FGM/C abandonment as well as resonates with the local cultural norms of the communities with a focus on behavioral change

Geographic Focus: Garissa County with specific focus in Waberi ward of Garissa Township and Masalani of Ijara Sub County.

Target Population: Community, women leaders, girls, women, men, boys, youths, reformed circumcisers, opinion leaders, media, national and county government as well as Women, girl- and youth-led grassroots organization’s/networks/groups

Deliverables

Phase

Deliverables

Targets

Inception report

• Detailed inception report outlining the study, workplan with timeliness, methodology, and tools to be used for primary data collection and reporting. It should also include the process for conducting in-depth Problem and Context Analysis

Inception report submitted

Progress report

• Conduct data collection exercise
• Presentation with findings and recommendations
• Share draft analysis report to WOKIKE
• Presentation during stakeholders’ engagement
• Draft Analysis report submitted

Final Report

• Documentation of any data gathered during the data collection process
• Consolidated analysis report including recommendations on strategies/tactics/messaging to promote FGM/C abandonment
• Hard / soft copies of data, data analysis, pictures submitted to WOKIKE
• Final analysis report submitted after incorporating WOKIKE comments

Technical Requirements

• At least 5years of direct hands-on professional experience in conducting Problem and Context Analysis providing contextualize tactics and strategies for program implementation
• Proven field and research experience in conducting similar assignments
• Demonstrated experience in social sciences with emphasis on social & behaviour change, reproductive health, community development and gender studies and any other relevant fields
• Experience of coordinating with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Language skill: English & Somali – highly desired
• Ability to conduct analysis with minimal support from WOKIKE in the target population, complete the analysis and deliverables on time
• Effective communication and advocacy skills: ability to communicate with various stakeholders and to express ideas and concepts concisely and clearly in written and verbal forms
• Excellent demonstrated technical report writing skills.
• Ability to travel for the assignment